back to article Now you can tailor Swift – on Ubuntu

The latest iteration of Apple's open-source programming language Swift has taken its first major step towards Linux support. The release of Swift 2.2 landed on March 21, and includes its first Linux port in the form of binaries for Ubuntu 14.04 and 15.10. As Neowin notes, now that there's a Linux build, "it won't be long …

  1. The Count

    You just had to go with

    The tailor Swift joke didn't you? God, now I need a drink...

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Ewww. They used let to mean const

    1. ThomH

      No, they used let to mean val; it's not a modifier and it means only one thing. const is a modifier and means any of (at least, without being an expert): immutable value, don't copy this onto the stack or this method always returns the same thing. Though it's at least more coherent than the manifold meanings of static.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Epic headline

    Made my day :)

  4. Benchops
    FAIL

    Where's debs?

    They release /specifically/ (and only?) for Ubuntu LTS 14.04 and current 15.10. AS TARBALLS?

    1. Dr Fidget

      Re: Where's debs?

      Where's the source?

      1. ThomH

        Re: Where's debs?

        It's on GitHub. For Swift Apple seems to be using the public repository for the mainline development branch. It's not a case of developing somewhere else and then publishing.

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